Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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STRANGBU (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you think each of these words applies to the Buddhist religion: strange   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1235	42.4%	42.4%
No	1213	41.7%	84.1%
Don’t know	457	15.7%	99.8%
Refused	5	.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	39.8% 291	40.5% 223	42.5% 261	44.3% 248	47.2% 204	8	42.5% 1227
No	52.0% 381	44.6% 246	43.0% 264	38.9% 218	22.2% 96	8	41.7% 1205
Don’t know	8.2% 60	14.7% 81	14.3% 88	16.6% 93	30.3% 131	4	15.7% 453
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	100.0% 432	21	2889

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	45.1% 107	52.9% 498	39.0% 373	38.9% 42	34.5% 154	27.9% 60	1	42.5% 1234
No	26.6% 63	28.3% 267	46.3% 443	41.7% 45	55.9% 250	65.6% 141	4	41.6% 1209
Don’t know	27.0% 64	18.8% 177	14.5% 139	19.4% 21	9.4% 42	6.5% 14	0	15.7% 457
Refused	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 956	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 215	6	2905

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	40.7% 569	44.0% 666	42.4% 1235
No	46.6% 651	37.1% 561	41.6% 1212
Don’t know	12.6% 176	18.7% 282	15.7% 458
Refused	0.1% 2	0.2% 3	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1512	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Yes	48.0% 117	44.9% 313	41.4% 705	37.5% 100	42.4% 1235
No	30.7% 75	35.7% 249	46.9% 798	34.1% 91	41.7% 1213
Don’t know	21.3% 52	19.2% 134	11.6% 198	27.3% 73	15.7% 457
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	1.1% 3	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1702	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	42.1% 918	47.1% 160	29.2% 14	49.1% 26	40.4% 108	9	42.5% 1226
No	42.6% 928	32.1% 109	62.5% 30	32.1% 17	44.9% 120	10	41.7% 1204
Don’t know	15.2% 332	20.6% 70	8.3% 4	18.9% 10	14.2% 38	3	15.7% 454
Refused	0.1% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 267	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	52.3% 444	45.9% 168	50.5% 95	38.6% 266	29.3% 17	35.4% 73	171	45.1% 1063
No	29.9% 254	38.5% 141	30.3% 57	43.7% 301	56.9% 33	51.9% 107	320	37.9% 893
Don’t know	17.7% 150	15.3% 56	18.6% 35	17.6% 121	13.8% 8	12.6% 26	62	16.8% 396
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356